Lie about how much my art costs and now have commissions

r/

Somebody was getting an attitude with me and asked me how much I actually sold my last painting for & I was kind of being a troll so I just said $5000

Fast-forward now, I’m working on a couple of multi thousand dollar commissions for people who were there to hear this, but I’ve never actually sold a painting

Like yeah, they’re good, but I never put a dollar amount on it and I was being a dick when I said
That number, so now I’ve gotta commit and make them count

Comments

  1. Brokerjoker2 Avatar

    If they’ve commissioned you for that amount, then that’s how much it’s worth IMO

  2. Ok_Dealer8113 Avatar

    Market value is literally just what someone is willing to pay for something at a particular time.
    So if you decided that it was worth $5k arbitrarily and someone agreed, then that’s what it’s worth.
    Whether it is based on a fictional previous sale or not.
    Happy painting!

  3. raumeat Avatar

    fake it until you make it

  4. TorontoPolyGuy Avatar

    So much of life is having the balls to sell yourself and your talents. Good for you. Ask more for your next commissions.

  5. AmbulatoryOtter Avatar

    That’s awesome and oftentimes if you undervalue your work that discourages folks from buying from you because they are often buying it as a status symbol as much as anything else so the more they pay the greater the status

  6. Haunting-Data3214 Avatar

    And after this tirade, somebody made an online digital VR gallery for me and I’m Shook

  7. Much_Media_9490 Avatar

    You set a value, and others were willing to pay an agreed upon price for your work. That’s how it works.

  8. lilpeen02 Avatar

    i almost feel like you Have to do something like this in order to get commissions. its like how when you become a bartender everyone tells you to lie and say you have experience bartending

  9. G_Stax Avatar

    You can sell art for whatever the fuck people are willing to pay for it haha. My friend’s dad is an abstract expressionist and I swear half his work looks like someone sharted on a canvas. They sell for about $75k a piece…

  10. Cecil182 Avatar

    Yes yes yes, congratulations and we’ll done, amazing to hear an artist actual getting the one up for a change

  11. RealKillerSean Avatar

    Who cares you need to make a living I would if I could

  12. Liviequestrian Avatar

    Delete this, dawg. Delete and enjoy your new art career and never tell another soul!

  13. Tynebeaner Avatar

    Whenever my art isn’t selling, I raise the price. Inferred value works with art. So, well done! I’m happy for you!

  14. jgm305 Avatar

    Sounds like the definition of modern art

  15. Left-Masterpiece879 Avatar

    Art is worth what someone is willing to pay.

  16. Vegetaman916 Avatar

    And you see the important lesson there, yes?

  17. Fluid-Appointment277 Avatar

    I doubt this is real but this is potentially fraud. You misled people to believe that your art work is worth more than it is (obviously it’s worth what someone will pay for it). I’m not sure as I’m not a lawyer but I would be careful.

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  19. Drakkon_394 Avatar

    My friend/tattoo artist posted a print he was working on and I immediately said I’d buy it. It wasn’t even done. He tried to sell it for $50 and I said no, I’ll pay $100 right now in just the line work and I’ll pay more if you do in black and white. It took him some months but saw him a couple days ago for touch ups (and gossip) and said is now going to get his own studio and his prints are going to be starting at $100 like I said and going up and he will be making merch that I said I would also pay for.

    Sometimes people will try to underprice themselves too. I’ve seen people sell small prints for $100+ and with him being in magazines and shows, he can up the price. He wants the quality clients to be interested in getting work done. If you want that for yourself where the money is, up your prices. You are so much more valuable than you think. YOU. ARE. WORTH. IT.

  20. Blue_Bi0hazard Avatar

    mate art is subjective and if pretentious folk wanna pay out their arse, itll be you or someone else, even if you feel guilty for its worth before… well it is worth it now, think of it as your big break

  21. NobleSteveDave Avatar

    You gotta start somewhere bud. Good job 🙂

  22. _AlwaysWatching_ Avatar

    Oh, hon. If people are paying that for commissions, then you didn’t lie.

  23. 1-800PedophileHunter Avatar

    Congrats OP. Art is valued at what the customer is willing to pay. I’d say you’ve made it 🤷🏽‍♀️

  24. Aviendha13 Avatar

    Art is worth whatever someone is willing to post for it.

  25. TheBascoFiasco Avatar

    Fuck yeah. Good for you. Go get that bag.

  26. Ember357 Avatar

    Just because you haven’t sold one for that price doesn’t mean your artwork isn’t worth that price!

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  28. collapsewatch Avatar

    That’s how art works honestly, just run with it as far as you can.

  29. drak0ni Avatar

    Art is worth what people are willing to pay for it. For instance, if I nail a clay banana to a blank canvas and claim it “represents the rise in feminist culture and how it’s dismantling the patriarchal societal mindset we have had” I could theoretically sell a clay banana, a nail, and a canvas, for thousands of dollars because people would eat that up.

  30. Saddybut-baddy Avatar

    All it takes to be a decently paid artist is to put the right price tag on your work. Rich people don’t want cheaply priced art. Don’t get me wrong…it can absolutely be cheap art so long as you say it’s worth a couple grand. Plus each art purchasing wealthy jack ass can’t wait to find the next big artist to lighta fire under and be able to brag that they “found” them.

    Great job on your part, you have done it right!

  31. debbieae Avatar

    bizarre thing about sales is a high price can actually drive more sales. If you hit the sweet spot of conveying quality without a total “who would ever pay that number”, there are generally the most sales to the better behaved customers. Sounds to me like you accidentally hit that sweet spot to your market. Congratulations